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The son of two prominent Gifted rights activists, Cam grew up with a humble, middle class background in New York. He was an articulate, athletic, intelligent child who performed well in school and tested for his Gift earlier than most. It turned out that not only was he Gifted, but he had a rare affinity for shadow magic.
In high school, Cam was a high-achieving student, a member of the Model UN, the debate team, and the swim team, and voted Most Likely to Become President. Every summer, he went away with his parents to volunteer all over the world, learning several languages and developing a deep interest and love for other cultures. Cam attended university on full scholarship, starting off pre-med before switching to communications after his first disaster relief volunteer experience, where he saw the discrepancy between the support people needed and what they were given.
Cam turned down the Masters/Doctorate route in favour of entering the workforce directly. He took freelance humanitarian interpreter jobs for the UN, assisted with various disaster relief efforts across the world, and worked with organizations providing medical care or aiding refugees in third world countries. With experience and immersion, he became a skilled cultural mediator, specializing in humanitarian outreach to conflict stricken areas. It was after his work in Uganda, convincing local warlords to allow foreign aid after an earthquake and landslide, that he was approached by the MIA, a federal bureau dedicated to Gifted related intelligence and investigation, and offered a job.
Cam spent the better part of a decade expanding his network of contacts spanned the globe, and he was managing other MIA agents and assigning them himself. This is how Cam earned the nickname of 'The Spider' and became a world renowned shaper, both respected and feared by many. It was on a mission in Afghanistan to gain traction for the MIA to take down an extremist gifted group called the 'Divine' (who believed in Gifted supremacy, and worship of magic above all) that he met Mazin, a Gifted arcane warlord who had protected his people by staying completely closed off to the outside world.
Cam spent months with Mazin's clan, learning their dialect, their culture, traditions, and ways. In that time, he became acquainted with Mazin, clashing with him and his rigid point of view at first. And, after nearly six months, Cam was madly in love with Mazin-- and also his people-- and was accepted into their tribe. A year into his stay, Mazin asked Cam to become his third consort, and Cam swore himself to the warlord, compromising his mission and loyalty to the MIA.
Conflict arose between Mazin and a rival of his clan, who had lusted after their resources for some time and felt they weren't being given a fair shake. This rival wouldn't agree to anything without a sufficient promise of wealth and supplies from the MIA. The warlord attacked mazin, and Cam killed a man for the first time in his lover's defense. An action that would haunt him for the rest of his life.
Cam became despondent, driven into depression by guilt and a loss of his sense of self. Mazin, in his love for Cam, and his love of what made him who he is, released him from his vows. Cam returned to the MIA with a singular warlord's loyalty in hand and his tail between his legs.
After a disciplinary period of being restricted to office duty and PR, Cam was sent to China in pursuit of an organization trafficking Gifted children to be exploited for their magic. While hunting down traffickers in a rural province, he came upon a small village with a secret. A little girl considered a demon of darkness inhabiting the body of a child, aka: another Gifted with an affinity for shadows. He took the little girl, and brought her back with him to America, completely illegally, and strong-armed the MIA into allowing her adoption.
He took the little girl, because if anyone understood the 'darkness' within her, it was himself. Unlike him, she would have a mentor, someone to show her that her abilities were nothing to be afraid of, and to love her for who she is. He brought her back with him to America, completely illegally, and strong-armed the MIA into allowing her adoption.
With his new daughter to think of, Cam bought himself a house close to MIA headquarters in Langley VA, and spent the next few years raising (and spoiling) his child, whom he loves more than anything. Now, Cam works predominantly from within North America, only taking the most critical of international missions.
In high school, Cam was a high-achieving student, a member of the Model UN, the debate team, and the swim team, and voted Most Likely to Become President. Every summer, he went away with his parents to volunteer all over the world, learning several languages and developing a deep interest and love for other cultures. Cam attended university on full scholarship, starting off pre-med before switching to communications after his first disaster relief volunteer experience, where he saw the discrepancy between the support people needed and what they were given.
Cam turned down the Masters/Doctorate route in favour of entering the workforce directly. He took freelance humanitarian interpreter jobs for the UN, assisted with various disaster relief efforts across the world, and worked with organizations providing medical care or aiding refugees in third world countries. With experience and immersion, he became a skilled cultural mediator, specializing in humanitarian outreach to conflict stricken areas. It was after his work in Uganda, convincing local warlords to allow foreign aid after an earthquake and landslide, that he was approached by the MIA, a federal bureau dedicated to Gifted related intelligence and investigation, and offered a job.
Cam spent the better part of a decade expanding his network of contacts spanned the globe, and he was managing other MIA agents and assigning them himself. This is how Cam earned the nickname of 'The Spider' and became a world renowned shaper, both respected and feared by many. It was on a mission in Afghanistan to gain traction for the MIA to take down an extremist gifted group called the 'Divine' (who believed in Gifted supremacy, and worship of magic above all) that he met Mazin, a Gifted arcane warlord who had protected his people by staying completely closed off to the outside world.
Cam spent months with Mazin's clan, learning their dialect, their culture, traditions, and ways. In that time, he became acquainted with Mazin, clashing with him and his rigid point of view at first. And, after nearly six months, Cam was madly in love with Mazin-- and also his people-- and was accepted into their tribe. A year into his stay, Mazin asked Cam to become his third consort, and Cam swore himself to the warlord, compromising his mission and loyalty to the MIA.
Conflict arose between Mazin and a rival of his clan, who had lusted after their resources for some time and felt they weren't being given a fair shake. This rival wouldn't agree to anything without a sufficient promise of wealth and supplies from the MIA. The warlord attacked mazin, and Cam killed a man for the first time in his lover's defense. An action that would haunt him for the rest of his life.
Cam became despondent, driven into depression by guilt and a loss of his sense of self. Mazin, in his love for Cam, and his love of what made him who he is, released him from his vows. Cam returned to the MIA with a singular warlord's loyalty in hand and his tail between his legs.
After a disciplinary period of being restricted to office duty and PR, Cam was sent to China in pursuit of an organization trafficking Gifted children to be exploited for their magic. While hunting down traffickers in a rural province, he came upon a small village with a secret. A little girl considered a demon of darkness inhabiting the body of a child, aka: another Gifted with an affinity for shadows. He took the little girl, and brought her back with him to America, completely illegally, and strong-armed the MIA into allowing her adoption.
He took the little girl, because if anyone understood the 'darkness' within her, it was himself. Unlike him, she would have a mentor, someone to show her that her abilities were nothing to be afraid of, and to love her for who she is. He brought her back with him to America, completely illegally, and strong-armed the MIA into allowing her adoption.
With his new daughter to think of, Cam bought himself a house close to MIA headquarters in Langley VA, and spent the next few years raising (and spoiling) his child, whom he loves more than anything. Now, Cam works predominantly from within North America, only taking the most critical of international missions.
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In high school, Cam was a high-achieving student, a member of the Model UN, the debate team, and the swim team, and voted Most Likely to Become President. Every summer, he went away with his parents to volunteer all over the world, learning several languages and developing a [DEEP LOVE/INTEREST/ETC IN OTHER CULTURES]. Cam attended university on full scholarship, starting off pre-med before switching to communications after his first disaster relief volunteer experience, where he saw the discrepancy between the support people needed and what they were given.
Cam turned down the Masters/Doctorate route in favour of entering the workforce directly. He took freelance humanitarian interpreter jobs for the UN, assisted with various disaster relief efforts across the world, and worked with organizations providing medical care or aiding refugees in third world countries. With experience and immersion, he became a skilled cultural mediator, specializing in humanitarian outreach to conflict stricken areas. It was after his work in Afghanistan, convincing local warlords to allow foreign aid after an earthquake and landslide, that he was approached by the MIA, the [QUICK EXPLANATION OF WHAT THE MIA IS], and offered a job.
Cam worked himself to the bone for the cause until his network of contacts spanned the globe, and he was managing other MIA agents and assigning them himself. This is how Cam earned the nickname of 'The Spider' and became a world renowned shaper, both respected and feared by many. [Maybe mention how many years he's been with the MIA up to this point/his age for this mission. Also mention what the Afghanistan job was about.] It was on a job in Afghanistan he met Mazin, a Gifted arcane warlord who had protected his people by staying completely closed off to the outside world.
Cam spent months with Mazin's clan, learning their dialect, their culture, traditions, and ways. In that time, he became acquainted with Mazin, clashing with him and his rigid point of view at first. And, after nearly six months, Cam was madly in love with Mazin-- and also his people-- and was accepted into their tribe. A year into his stay, Mazin asked Cam to become his third consort, and Cam swore himself to the warlord, compromising his mission and loyalty to the MIA.
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